Abstract

Using the WKB approximation and assuming that the spatial spectrum of modes excited by a vertical array is sufficiently narrow, a quasi-optical theory is developed to describe the fundamental regularities manifesting themselves in the formation, propagation, and focusing of multimode acoustic beams in oceanic waveguides. Functional dependences on the parameters of both the transmitting array and the oceanic waveguide are obtained for horizontal distances at which ordinary beams form refraction focusing zones. Conditions ensuring the formation of a beam with the minimum wave front divergence are formulated for the distribution of the source excitation factor over the array aperture.

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